Budget 2019: Pension benefit to be extended to around 3 cr retail traders

Rs 350 crore allocated for 2 per cent interest subvention for all GST-registered MSMEs on fresh or incremental loans.

Budget 2019: Govt to do away with 180-day rule for NRIs to get Aadhaar

As on May 31, 2019, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had generated total of 123.82 crore Aadhaar to residents of India.

Government-owned and private banks besides non-banking financial companies have been saddled with huge NPAs.

Training of workforce with relevant skills will help address the severe skill shortage technology and IT companies are facing right now.

Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat had on July 1 launched 'Jal Shakti Abhiyan'.

Sitharaman proposed the setting up of a payments platform for MSMEs for payment of bills.

The Swachh Bharat mission is one of the largest cleanliness drives in the world and is also an attempt to initiate behavioural change.

Expressing happiness, she also announced that India will be made Open Defecation Free on October 2nd, 2019, as per the dream of PM Modi.

The government aims to connect all 2.5 lakh village panchayats with high speed broadband by March 2020.

Sitharaman said that the government keeps 'Antodaya' (development of all) at the centre of all its programmes.